Chapter 81: You Si’s Unwilling Heart

Time slipped by quietly, and before she knew it, National Day was approaching.

It had been a month since Yu Qian last saw Zhou Jingchen, and she missed him a little. She had planned to visit him on set during the holiday, but Wen Xiu wouldn’t allow it.

Wen Xiu said that since Zhou Jingchen took on Director Xu’s film, he had become famous. Plenty of reporters lingered around the set, eager to dig up news about him. If Yu Qian showed up, given how Zhou Jingchen treated her, she would certainly be exposed.

Wen Xiu hadn’t expected that after so much persuasion, finally convincing Yu Qian to drop the idea of visiting Zhou Jingchen, the paparazzi would ruin everything.

Maybe it was because the holidays were coming and the journalists wanted to boost their performance before the break.

Big Eye Studio had been watching Zhou Jingchen for a month. Every day, he traveled between the hotel and the set, accompanied only by his assistant—never a woman. The reporters were about to give up when they received a tip: Zhou Jingchen had a girlfriend on set. That rumor reignited their enthusiasm.

It wasn’t just that they wanted to keep watch—Zhou Jingchen, as chairman of Yunzhou, handsome and wealthy, was already drawing attention. Now, entering Director Xu’s production, he was officially in the entertainment industry, and his popularity soared. This prompted Big Eye Studio to fix their sights on him.

After three days of surveillance and bribing someone in the crew, they finally got hold of a video.

In the footage, a woman was always at Zhou Jingchen’s side, sometimes standing very close to him. There were no scenes of hand-holding, hugging, or kissing, but for reporters adept at spinning stories from images, the proximity alone was enough to craft a poignant romance.

The woman in the video was named You Si.

Not long ago, You Si had bought her way onto trending searches, offended the wrong people, and even drove away her own fans and sponsors, causing her to fade swiftly from the spotlight.

She was unwilling to be shelved just like that, so she tried every means to climb into another company chairman’s bed, hoping to be promoted again.

But reality seldom cooperates. She had offended the wrong person—the only daughter and heir of Pink Lady, a company founded by her own powerful family. You Si herself was not an unknown, but her actions could only be described as self-destructive.

Not everyone could borrow designer dresses to walk the red carpet, and if a company risked offending Pink Lady for You Si, they would undoubtedly be blacklisted.

Once blacklisted, the company’s many artists would be unable to borrow designer dresses or Pink Lady’s gowns, forcing them to settle for inferior brands.

Even if You Si’s sponsor wanted to keep supporting her, they couldn’t ignore the company’s interests.

Her efforts only resulted in a contract termination, not even being shelved. You Si was even more dissatisfied.

She used every connection she had to enter Director Xu’s production, willing to accept even a pitiful fourth female role, hoping to make a comeback through the film.

When she learned that the newcomer who joined the crew a week after filming began was actually Yunzhou’s boss, You Si’s mind began to churn.

She thought he was just an innocent young man, easy to seduce. But once the cameras were off, he ignored her completely.

She tried everything—she even knocked on his door in seductive nightwear—but nothing worked.

In the end, she resorted to spreading rumors.

You Si figured that as long as people believed they were a couple, no one else would try to approach Zhou Jingchen. Eventually, he would become hers.

The tip Big Eye Studio received was sent from her alternate account, and the insider they bribed was arranged by her. Even the video was shot from a deliberately chosen angle.

Everything went according to her plan, and You Si was excited when she received the fee from Big Eye Studio for her information.

She even slept with a smile, dreaming of how, with Zhou Jingchen, she would wash away all her scandals, marry into wealth, and make those who once looked down on her bow to her.